THE NICÉPHORE NIÉPCE HOUSE MUSEUM JOINS THE NATIONAL COMMEMORATIONS 2015

Every year, the “Haut Comité des commémorations nationales” presents to the Ministry of Culture and Communication a selection of about a hundred personalities, whose birthdays are celebrated in the name of the nation. In 2015, it features Nicéphore Niépce, who celebrates his 250th anniversary. The Nicéphore Niépce House is happy to join the celebrations.

A National Heritage Site preserved by the Spéos Photography School, labelled “Maisons des illustres” by the French Ministry of Culture, with sponsorship of the Académie des sciences & the Académie des beaux-arts.

The reference website about the inventor of Photography

“Point de vue du Gras”, first photograph by Niépce.

In 1999, by investigating this historical house that had remained unexplored until then, Pierre-Yves Mahé, Director at the Spéos Photography School, wanted to walk in the footsteps of Niépce, so as to rediscover the path of the man who made the very first photograph.

Free Access to “Niépce correspondance et papiers”

The two volumes of the print edition of “Niépce correspondance et papiers”

Put online by the Niépce House with the sponsorship of the Académie des sciences and the Académie des beaux-arts, ” Niépce correspondance et papiers ” by Manuel Bonnet and Jean-Louis Marignier contains
the largest number of documents ever assembled on the inventor of photography.

Discover Burgundy via the “Route de la photo”

Initiated by the museum Maison Nicéphore Niépce, with the collaboration of Jean-Louis Bruley, Manuel Bonnet and the mairie de Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, the “ Route de la Photo ” — a series of photo spots — invites you to discover Burgundy following the footsteps of Nicéphore Niépce, the inventor of photography. To take a picture of the place linked with Niépce and the invention of photography, please put your camera on the monopod! The first 5 photo spots are already set up in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes. Until the remaining photo spots are set up, you can check out the entire “Route de la Photo” on our interactive map.

A National Heritage Site preserved by the Photography School Spéos, labelled "Maisons des illustres" by the French Ministry of Culture, with the sponsorship of the Académie des sciences & de l'Académie des beaux-arts